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ANNUAL REPORT. 



Christianity was looked upon as something which cultured minds 

 could tolerantly disregard as superseded and outworn. The 

 third phase is now upon us. The nation which more than any 

 other had adopted the creed and spirit of materialism has 

 justified to the full the protest against that creed and spirit 

 which this Institute raised fifty years ago. The inevitable 

 result of a science and a philosophy from which the Living 

 God and His Eevelation of Himself were excluded has been 

 seen and felt in wrong, cruelty, and suffering on a scale unpre- 

 cedented in history. There is no path to the salvation of 

 humanity through denial or forgetfuilness of God. 



The awakening of ma ay to this truth, and to an earnest 

 seeking after Him in Whom alone is salvation, is the most 

 hopeful sign of these days of trouble. Surely this then is a 

 time when the Institute may find an opportunity for fresh 

 usefulness. Its present need is not chiefly for the restoration 

 of its finances, but for more men : young men of earnestness 

 and faith. And seeing the unbounded self-sacrifice and 

 devotion of so many of our young men, who have given 

 up all things at the call of duty, it cannot be doubted that 

 such men will be forthcoming when their present duty has been 

 fulfilled. 



Signed on behalf of the Council, 



HALS B UK Y. 



